ArticleAnnals of medicine2025
Assessing the impact of clerkships on the growth of clinical knowledge.
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- Assessment of clinical pharmacology and competence during medicine clerkships.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Review
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Abstract
purposeThis study quantified the impact of clinical clerkships on medical students' disciplinary knowledge using the Comprehensive Clinical Science Examination (CCSE) as a formative assessment tool.
methodsThis study involved 155 third-year medical students in the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University who matriculated in 2016. Disciplinary scores on their individual Comprehensive Clinical Science Examination reports were extracted by digitizing the bar charts using image processing techniques. Segmented regression analysis was used to quantify the differences in disciplinary knowledge before, during, and after clerkships in five disciplines: surgery, internal medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology (ob/gyn).
resultsA comparison of the regression intercepts before and during their clerkships revealed that, on average, the participants improved the most in ob/gyn (
conclusionsThese findings highlight how clerkships influence the acquisition of disciplinary knowledge, offering valuable insights for curriculum design and assessment. This approach can be adapted to evaluate the effectiveness of other curricular activities, such as tutoring or intersessions. The results have significant implications for educators revising clerkship content and for students preparing for the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 2.
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